Shilpa Raina

About

Shilpa Raina is a writer from New Delhi, with roots in Jammu and Kashmir. She has reported extensively on India's arts and culture ecosystem for over 14 years before consciously pivoting to subjects close to her heart. Her work now sits at the intersection of the circular economy and environmental storytelling. She has also penned two short stories.

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Researcher Vedant Patil documents informal milk traders in western Uttar Pradesh, showing how heat stress has reduced milk yields and affected their livelihoods. Image courtesy of Sustaina India.

Artists trace the journey of food, environment and livelihoods

Shilpa Raina 10 Mar 2026

The Red Fort. Image by Amit Rawat via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Air pollution is the silent enemy of Indian monuments

Shilpa Raina 23 Dec 2025

An artwork curated as part of Time as a Mother by Damian Christinger and Ravi Agarwal for Serendipity Arts Festival 2023. Ravi's curatorial approach explores the intersections of art, ecology, and climate change. Image by Philippe Calia and Sunil Thakkar/Serendipity Arts Festival.

Artists reimagine climate change through public art and performances

Shilpa Raina 12 Nov 2025

Children in Laitmawsiang, Meghalaya. Representative image by Rajesh Dutta via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Mainstreaming climate education for children

Shilpa Raina 29 Jul 2025

A man cleans up floral waste. Image by Nico Crisafulli via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Giving floral waste a second life

Shilpa Raina 18 Jun 2025

Bringing circularity in the footwear industry

Shilpa Raina 25 Jan 2024

Image shows a row of colourful t-shirts

To dye or not to dye: The fashion industry’s natural dye conundrum

Shilpa Raina 16 Oct 2023

Rethinking, recycling and re-loving: A peek into India’s circular fashion economy

Shilpa Raina 11 Aug 2022

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

A man collects water from a well as a woman washes clothes in Mumbai. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)